Clothesline support



April 23, 1929- M. E. SE BRANS KI I 1,709,919

' CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT V Original Filed July 20, 1927 %;7 I Inventor v B12. 5657-8719;;

Attarngy I Patented Apr. 23, 1929.

UNIT" TATE MARTIN E. SEBRANSXI,

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OF RACINE, WISCONSIN CIZOTHESLINE SUPPORT.

Application filed July 20, 1927, Serial No.- 207,292. Renewed {)ctober15, was.

My present invention has to do with means for supporting clothes linesand the like; and it contemplates the provision of a clothes linesupport equipped with means whereby the line is secured to the supportinsuch manner as to preclude disengagement of the line from the support.7

Another object of" the invention is the provision of a Clothes linesupport adapted when not in use to be folded into a bundle of smallcompass so that it will be feasible ,Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentaryangles to Figure 2.

to store the support in a dwelling'house or other place with a viewtoproteeting' it againstthe-elements and against becoming soiled; a I rAnother object is the provision of a clothes line support in vwhich theparts are so constructed and relatively arranged thatthe -l1ne maybesecured andsupp'ortedat. various.

points in the height of the proportion of the support. v

Otherobjects and practical advantages of the invention will be fullyunderstood from the following description and claims when the same areread in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part .ofthis 'specificatiomin which 2 Figure 1 isa broken perspective view ofthe clothes line support constituting the preferred embodiment of myinventionwith certain elements in disconnected relation, and the meansfor securing the lower end of the retract-ile spring omit-ted. V V velevation showing the rectractile spring and the securing means thereforin working relation; 1

Figure 3 is an enlarged elevation at right Similar, numerals ofcorresponding parts in all the views of the drawings. i v i The prop ofmy improvement'is preferably, though not necessarily, formed of wood intwo sections 1 and 2, designed to be alined for use after the mannershown in Figure 1.

The lower section 1 may be pointed as designated by 3 in order topenetrate the ground, or if preferred, the said lower section 1 may beprovided at its lower end with a rubber or other suitable pad, notillustrated, de-

signed to prevent slipping of the prop on reference designate 2 arehingedly con- ,With a llOOkjd: by which the prop may be tion 2 haspivotally connecteddto it at 8 a keeperO notchedla't 1O "so-as toengagethe projecting bolt 6, after the manner illuss trated inFigure 1.-Manifestly with the keeper 9 in the position shown in Figure 1 andthewing 'nut- 7 mounted on the bolt pro eet1on6 so as to, clamp andhold-the I eeper9, the sections land 2 will be strongly ma ntained inalined-relation so as to con-g stit-ute an efficient prop; IAlsfo, whenthe wing nut 7 is loosenedon the bolt projection 6 andthe'keeper 9isswung out of engagement withsaid bolt projection, the prop be foldedinto a bundle of small compassfor the convenient storage of the prop inahouse or other buildi.ng.-. At intervals of'its length the prop section2 is provided with apertures 11, and inone of said apertures '11 isresmovably arranged a headed bolt 12 equipped I with a: wing nut 13. 'Thebolt '12 is for the connection of a body 13, areferably of metal,

to the prop, and by placing of thebolt 12in different apertures .llitwillbe understood that the 'line may be engaged and maintained atvarious heights witlrrespect to the prop. Thebody 13 is provided withaguide portion 14 adapted ,to, straddle the p1:op,'and the said body,which-is 'preferably in the' form of a plateas shown is pro-. vided' atan intermediate point inits height with a major slot 115,incommunicationwith a plurality of lateral sub-slots '16, Figures 1 and2. ,At its upper end the. plate-like body 13 is. provided with tubularportions for thereeeptigm'of a pintle l8,' and the saidtubular portionsare merged into-two. line receiving hooks 19, separated by an 111-,

tervening space20 asshown in Figure'l and also n F gure 2, The p1ntle118serves for the pivotal eonnection'of a swingab'le tongue V 21 whichterminates in al-hook 22 and, is

"designed in the positionzsho wn'in Figure 2 and also 1n Figure 3to-retain a clothes line or the likelin the seat afforded byt'he arm sor' hook's 19. Detachablyrengaged withthe hook 22 of the tongue 21 is afinger piece'23 having a hook arm 24;,- andconnected at one end tothesaid finger piece 23 i tractile spring 24k, th purpose of which is toyicldingly hold the retaining'tongue 21 in the worklngconditlon shown inFigure 3 for the retention of the line in the seat afforded by thearms19. At its-lower end, the spring 2 1 is connected with a bolt 25,

and the said bolt is provided with a *circum 4 plate 13. I

- Manifestly when the wing nut 27 is I loosened, the bolt 25 may beremoved from thesub-slot '16 indicated and maybe placed in any other oneof the sub-slots 16, ac-

cording to the tension under which it is desired to place theretract-ile spring 24*.

,The'finger piece 23 serves merely to detach the retractlle spring 24*from the tongue 21 and it will be understood in this'connection thatsubsequently to the disconnection of the spring 724* from the arm ortongue 21, a clothes line may be expeditiously and easily placedlaterally in or r e-- moved from the seat afforded by =the hooklike arms19. r j VVhen deemed'expedient the upper end of the prop may be providedwith a shallow *notch as designated by ,30, Figure 1', to

seat a clothes line extending generally at right angles to the linedisposed in the seat formed by the hook like arms 19.

' It will be apparentjfrom the foregoing that with a clothes line seatedand secured in the body 13 in the manner described,

there is no liability whatever. of the line being casually released andpermitted to fall withits burden of clothes to the ground.

' my novel'support.

It will'be'appreciated, however, that the clothes line may beexpeditiously and easily engaged with andas readilydisengagedfrom I haveentered into detailed description of the construction and relativearrangement of the parts embraced, in the [present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, andexactunderstanding of the said embodias 'disclosed, my inventionbeingrl'efinedj men't. I donot desire, however, tobe understood aslimiting myself to the precise con struction and' relative arrangementof parts ture.

meaeie by my appended claims within the scope of which modifications maybe made without departure from my invention.

Having thus described the V invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. In a clothes line support, and in combination, a prop havingapertures at intervals otits length, a bolt removably secured in one ofthe apertures, a body plate connected at one end to said bolt and havingside portions intermedlate its ends straddling and guided on the propand also having near its other end tubular portions merging into spacedhook shaped arms adapted to form, a seat for aclothes line, a pintle insaid tubular portions, a swingable tongue pivotally connected f at oneend by said .pintle and adapted to extend betweenfithe arms, said tongueterminating in a hook,

a finger piece having a'hook adapted to engage the'hook of the tongue,and a re.-

tractile spring connected at one end with said finger piece and atitsopposite end with the plate. f V

2. In a clothes linesupport, and incombinatioaj a prop having aperturesat intervals of its length, a'bolt removably secured in one of theapertures, a body plate connected at one end to said bolt and havingside portions intermediate its ends straddling and guided on the propand also'hav v ing near its other end tubular portions merging intospaced hook shaped arms adapted to form a seat for a clothes line, apintle in said tubularportions, a swingable tonguepivotally connected atone end by said'pintle and adapted to extend between the arms, saidtongue terminating, in a hook, a finger piece having ,a hook adapted toengagethe hook oft-he tongue, agrectractile spring 0011- nectcd at itsupper end with said finger i the plate being'provided with a verticalslot, and a plurality of lateralslots in compicc eand at itslower"end-with the plate,

inuni'cation with the first named slot, the 1 connection of thelowerendof the spring with the plate being a detachableon'e,"a1id meansremovablyarranged in one of the lateral slots of the plate, and effecting saidconnection, whereby the tension of the spring may be regulated. d

In testlmony 'whereof I aflix my SlgIlfl- MARTIN E. SEBRANSKI,

